The Game Awards 2018 to Feature a Major Fortnite Announcement

Thursday, December 6th will see the 2018 Edition of The Game Awards take place where the greatest gaming titles, esports teams and more from the past year will be battling it out to claim the multitude of honors that will be up for grabs. There will also be many major announcements being made during the show with Fortnite having one of the most anticipated, as Geoff Keighley, Producer and Creator of The Game Awards, announced that a major Fortnite announcement would be made at the 2018 edition of the popular show. 

The Game Awards 2018 Fortnite Announcement

According to a post by Geoff Keighly on his Twitter account, Fortnite Worldwide Creative Director Donald Mustard will be showing off a new announcement and world premiere for the massively popular battle royale game live on stream beginning at 6 Pm PST/ 8 PM CST/ 9 PM EST. 

While the exact details regarding what the announcement from Epic Games for the battle royale title that will be taking place at were not provided by Geoff Keighley, the world premiere reveal will likely be dealing with the start of Season 7, as the new Fortnite Season is currently scheduled to start on Thursday, December 6th. 

Geoff Keighley also stated in his Twitter post that fans will want to have their title close to them during the 2018 gaming awards show during the Fortnite announcement which could point to an in-game item being given away or perhaps a live in-game event to take place during the show. 

With Fortnite skyrocketing to becoming one of the most popular video games in the world in 2018 and The Game Awards being the largest awards show for the gaming industry, there will no doubt be plenty of eyes tuning in to see exactly what the major world premiere announcement from Epic Games for its battle royale game will entail. 

(cover photo courtesy of The Game Awards and Epic Games)